2 AM Akira Wakes From Sedation In A Panic

2 AM Akira Wakes From Sedation In A Panic

First night after surgery and she woke up crying and I sensed stressed because she couldn't get up. They sedated her right before we took her home hoping she'd sleep all the way through the night up to 12 hours. She made it 7 hours before she awoke crying.

It's hard to know whether it is pain, effects from being under pain medication (it's known to cause whining and crying), or stress from not being able to get up because of missing leg.

WHAT DR. FEINBERG DID FOR AKIRA TODAY

Dr. Feinberg had advised us to call him if we needed to and before deciding whether to take her into the hospital for more pain medicine. Felt terrible having to call and wake him, but what do you do?

He had spent time researching our "special" anesthesia protocol and making sure all "i's" and "t's" were dotted and crossed before the specialist and surgeon came to do the surgery. Calling me numerous times over the weekend often late at night to call in pain medication due to the cancer eating at the bone being so painful leading up to the surgery.

He arrived early the day of the surgery and met with his team having plan "b's" for every possible complication that could occur as well as the full "game plan." He made sure, Sue, the anesthesiologist and vet technician called us at every stage of the surgery, "she's under anesthesia and starting surgery", "she's doing great and closing after surgery", "she just came out of anesthesia", and "discharge and pick up plan."

Finally, he met with us after the surgery and walked us step-by-step through the entire day and what they did and what Akira experienced. So to call him at 2 am I felt bad, but he said he wanted us to call before taking her in.

Thankfully, his suggestion to give more pain medication worked like a charm and she is now resting peacefully. When she was sedated she would not swallow the pain medicine which meant drops on her tongue didn't absorb as much. Once she could swallow giving her more pain medicine calmed and sedated her and now she is sleeping! Moving her from her fluffy bed to her new firm orthopedic bed I sense helped her with the panic she was feeling from not being able to move.

While it is an added financial expense, we are electing to take her back in for the day so they can monitor her progress, give her more laser therapy at the incision sight to reduce inflammation, and also manage her pain. This will give us a chance to sleep and be rested to bring her home at night again.

Sep 07, 2016